{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1701","title_num":"20","num":"§ 1701.","heading":"Congressional declaration of policy","status":null,"guid":"idd119d643-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 202, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 514.)","seq_in_title":963,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI/pt1","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 39—","heading":"EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch39/schI/pt1","level":"part","num":"Part 1—","heading":"Policy and Purpose","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id82a824cb-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701\"><num value=\"1701\">§ 1701.</num><heading> Congressional declaration of policy</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id82a824cc-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Entitlement to equal educational opportunity; neighborhood as appropriate basis</heading><chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States that—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id82a824cd-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id82a824ce-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id82a824cf-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1701/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Purpose</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In order to carry out this policy, it is the purpose of this subchapter to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id82a824d0-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII/s202\">Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 202</ref>, <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/514\">88 Stat. 514</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id82a824d1-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id82a824d2-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective on and after sixtieth day after <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/s2/c\">section 2(c) of Pub. L. 93–380</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1221–1\">section 1221–1 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"shortTitle\" id=\"id82a824d3-3b28-11eb-8459-b1d1037aec5b\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Short Title</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII/s201\">Pub. L. 93–380, title II, § 201</ref>, <date date=\"1974-08-21\">Aug. 21, 1974</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/514\">88 Stat. 514</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/93/380/tII/s201\">“This title [enacting this chapter and <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1228\">section 1228 of this title</ref> and amending <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1608\">section 1608 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974’.”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}